Chapter 81 justice

justice Where is the justice in the world? Justice is in our hearts!Haven't we received a great deal of righteousness from prudent teaching and the meaning of knowledge?But it is a pity to put it in my heart for nothing, and no one will take it.Two stones of white rice are piled up in the house, and they must be eaten clean. Two boxes of clothes are piled up in the house, and they are always worn and changed in turn. A large pile of righteousness is thrown aside and ignored. How generous we are, how willing we are!It seems that righteousness is really cheap, not worth a point of white rice or a button of clothes. ——If you don’t want to use it, it’s fine, everyone pretends to be anxious again, looking for it in a panic.What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?My clever companion, I can't figure it out!

I have never seen the face of justice, only its crooked shadow - on the lips of "self", in front of "authority", and behind "others". Justice can be used as a cover, a beautiful cover, so everyone is willing to read its name. "I'm a decent person, and I want to do decent things," everyone secretly boasted to his companions.But what does justice do to him other than to "praise himself"?Alone, among strangers, he forgot its name long ago, and went to create "his own justice"!All he gives justice is to let its shadow flicker on his lips.However, after all, this is not a disappointment to justice, and it is better than those who commit crimes in the name of justice.What is terrible is this kind of person who commits evil under a false name.He sang the name of justice, but his hands were full of crimes; he gave these crimes to the society, and sent them with a golden and magnificent label of justice.The society gladly accepts this gift with the name he sings and the label he sticks; even if he knows it is a crime, he still accepts this gift with joy!This is the case in Ibsen's play "Pillars of Society".Although the lips of this kind of people flicker with the crooked shadow of justice more frequently, the justice hidden deep in their hearts is probably moldy, rotten, and about to be destroyed.I see no justice in these people!

There seems to be justice between parents and children, between master and apprentice, between officers and soldiers, and between superiors and subordinates, but this is not the case.The humble children generally obey their superiors, and the superiors want to enforce justice on them, and they certainly cannot "disobey" them—even the words "the father teaches the son to die, and the son has to die" have also been said.How dare they resist when they find that the visible whipping and invisible rewards and punishments are behind the elders?The superiors enforce justice in the name of authority, how dare they disobey it?But you ask them privately, "Do you believe? Do you agree?" They will shake their heads and even raise their fists!This is precisely because the superiors do not practice justice in the name of justice.This kind of justice can only be done by the superior to the inferior, and the inferior cannot be applied to the superior, so it is biased; this kind of justice can only be applied to the inferior, but not to others, so it is broken; Instigated by authority, justice sometimes inevitably expands beyond its proper outline, and at that time it becomes fat again.These are still but crooked shadows of justice.Justice is not done in the name of justice, I still can't see it among such people!

Where there is no authority, the shadow of justice is more crooked.In front of fame and money, justice is only as pale as water.You see, now a group of adults and gentlemen have seen the strength of the so-called warlords and others!They may not be willing to do this, but once they met face to face and evaluated the opponent's reputation, they couldn't help feeling soft, and naturally wanted to give him some face-so they unknowingly perfunctory.As for ordinary people, if they see so-called celebrities by chance, they will be surprised. At that time, there are 120 people in their hearts who don't think so, so they have to put it aside for the time being, and show their admiration by showing their admiration. sincerity.Therefore, a group of high-ranking officials are almost just aliens. What they do is in line with justice, and even what they do is justice! —It really doesn’t matter to them whether it’s just or not.ah!Wouldn't justice then perish?But not so.It should be noted that I only said that there is no justice "in front", but the justice "behind" is fortunately preserved.Most of the maintenance of society may depend on the justice behind it.But the power behind the justice is limited after all, because separated by a layer, it can't help being weak.A person who is rich and unkind, although he cannot avoid people's condemnation behind his back, he only has respect in front of him.If a well-dressed person violates the police law, even the police will give him five points.This is our justice!Ninety-nine percent of our justice is behind the scenes, and in the very close world, sometimes there is no justice behind this!Because they are too close, everything can be forgiven, everything can be sloppy, and justice can be bent as it pleases.The justice behind it can only exist among strangers.There is no close relationship between unfamiliar people, so it is natural to use the guise of justice.As for the need to go behind the scenes to call out justice, it is all for the sake of sympathy.The foundation of human sympathy may also be a kind of sympathy, a cheap kind of sympathy.People nowadays only like cheap things. Between justice and affection, affection is put first, and justice is put behind.In the very close human world, the priority of affection is maximized, and justice is almost equal to zero, even behind the scenes.Although the justice behind it has considerable power, it is very different from the justice in front of it. The functions of enlightenment and fear are like thin milk mixed with water-so it is still only a crooked shadow.Among these people, I can't even see justice!

Where is the justice in the world?It is hidden in our hearts!Why not take it out?It has no priority!In our hearts, the first point is selfishness, and the rest are authority, power, closeness, affection, etc.; when these roles are played out, it is our poor justice's turn.You think, it's already too late, is there still a chance for it to be introduced?No!So if you want justice to come out, you have to rule out everything and let it be the first point.You have to call it out by its own name.You have to cheer up and prepare a good skill, because it is a new role, there are bound to be many troublemakers, you have to be ready to fight——if you don’t fight, you won’t know each other!If we stand firm and hold hands, then we can calmly look at the face of justice.

Made on May 14, 1924. (Originally published in "Our July")